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Every pillbox had sufficient ammunition so that, in case of an invasion, they could resist for a number of days

During the hot summer months, many Maltese families and foreign tourists spend hours and days on end refreshing themselves on Malta’s sandy beaches and rocky foreshore. Most probably, the pervading scenery includes some type of fortification – be it fort, tower, battery or redoubt – of bygone years, and some people sometimes ask about the particular fortification’s origin.If the building in question happens to be a tower, the Maltese answer, unfortunately, would normally be something like this: “Oh! That’s one of De Redin’s towers.” Document from the archives of the Order of S...